The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Warren B. Wilson papers

Repository: Amistad Research Center

Collection Description (Extant): Warren Wilson is a civil rights attorney, philanthropist, and the former CEO of Thomas Brothers Map Company in California. His papers include correspondence, photographs, collected memorabilia, journal articles and family genealogy materials. Oral history interviews with Warren Wilson and his brother Lionel Wilson, the first African American mayor of Oakland, California, and the first African American Alameda County Judge, in video and audio format are also included. The additions consist of news clippings and videotape documenting the career of Lionel Wilson.

Language: English

Interviewees: Warren Wilson, Lionel Wilson

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American judges
African American lawyers
African American politicians--California
Civil rights--Cases

Genres:

Interviews
Manuscripts
Sound recordings